This program is for new 2017 commencing students. If you are a continuing student please refer to the Online Handbook in the year you started your Dual Law degree or contact the Faculty of Law for advice.

The Dual award degree Bachelor of Music Bachelor of Laws is a 6 year program (full-time) and provides an opportunity to obtain two degrees of importance to talented students or students wishing to explore connections between music and law. The Law courses satisfy the requirements for the award of the professional LLB degree. The music courses offer intensive pre-professional training in musicology, music theory, performance and composition as well as one of four music streams: Music Creative Practice, Music Inquiry, Sonic Arts and Music Pedagogy. All streams are supported by a variety of large and small, western and non-western music ensembles as well as extensive opportunities for developing musicianship skills.

An Advanced Entry Scheme is available in the Bachelor of Music to suitably qualified applicants. Students admitted into the advanced entry scheme may receive a block credit of up to 36 UOC in Level 1 music courses.

Applicants must also satisfy the entry requirements to Law as well as to the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Admission to the program is also subject to a satisfactory music audition and an acceptable level of attainment in year 12 music studies or equivalent.

For questions regarding the Bachelor of Music requirements of the program, students should contact the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Student Centre.

For questions regarding the Bachelor of Laws component of the program, students should consult the Faculty of Law Student Centre.

For the Bachelor of Laws, please see the program objectives and learning outcomes listed in 4701 Bachelor of Laws

For the Bachelor of Music, please see the program objectives and learning outcomes as listed in 3436 Bachelor of Music.

In this dual degree program, students must successfully complete 288 UOC, including 144 UOC for the BMus and 144 UOC for the LLB.

Law compulsory courses - 96 UOC
Law prescribed elective - 6 UOC
Law elective courses - 42 UOC
Music Courses - 144 UOC
Total 288 UOC

Plus ONE of:

(Music Creative Practice Stream only)

Plus ONE of:

(Music Creative Practice Stream only)

The following stream specialisations are available in the Bachelor of Music


MUSCE14774 Music Creative Practice
MUSCF14774 Music Inquiry
MUSCH14774 Music Pedagogy
MUSCG14774 Sonic Arts

Note: Students cannot double count their stream courses as Prescribed Music Electives. Prescribed Music Electives must be chosen from outside their stream courses.

You are eligible for the award of your Pass Degree "with Distinction" if you achieve a Weighted Average Mark (WAM) of at least 75 in all courses and complete at least 50% of the requirements of your award at UNSW.

Students must study Music courses in a sequence approved by the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences and Law courses in a sequence approved by the Faculty of Law. An approved sequence can be found here:

Plan for Music/Law 4774

Students enrolled in a combined law degree (with exception to Jurisprudence/Law) are not required to complete general education courses.

High achieving students with a minimum WAM of 70 in Music courses, at the completion of all requirements for levels 1-3 of the Music program may apply to transfer to the Bachelor of Music (Honours)/Bachelor of Laws.

Bachelor of Music (Honours) program 4779 .

High achieving students may be eligible to graduate with a Bachelor of Laws (Honours).

Please visit the Honours in law website for further information about the current Honours policy (applicable to students who commenced the LLB in 2014 or earlier) and the new policy (applicable to students who commenced the LLB from 2015 onwards).

To qualify for the award of the degree at Pass level, a student must:

To qualify for the award of the degree, a student must complete:

For Academic Rules relating to the Bachelor of Laws component of this combined degree program, please refer to program 4701. Although 4701 program is no longer on offer, all combined law students enrolled in the LLB will need to comply with the rules stated here.

A direct link is given below:
Bachelor of Laws 4701

For information regarding fees for UNSW programs, please refer to the following website:  UNSW Fee Website.